Veterans urged to fight proposals to cut benefits
Middleport meeting led by Commander Lewis Long heard Don Roach warn Congress is set to cut veterans benefits including pensions social security offsets and housing programs. He urged all veterans to unite, while post members reported a 173 member count and district honors as March of Dimes activities are planned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middleport
Don Roach
Congress
Feeney- Bennett Post
American Legion
Lewis Long
Roach
Veterans Administration
Henry Clatworthy
Post
Clatworthy
Roscoe Fife
Athens
Middleport Post
Commander Long
March of Dimes
Ralph Martin
FOP Officers Sworn In By Meigs and Gallia Counties
Fourteen of the 17 Fraternal Order of Police members from Meigs and Gallia Counties attended the oath night in the Middleport council chambers. James Mills of the Gallipolis police department administered the oath to officers including president Chester Leaper and vice president Leroy Bartrum. The group planned honorary memberships for outstanding citizens and distributed FOP automobile license emblems.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middleport
Fraternal Order of Police
Meigs
Gallia
James Mills
Gallipolis
Chester Leaper
Leroy Bartrum
John Taylor
B. F. Parmalee
John McKenzie
Pomeroy
W. R. Davis
Metal
F.O.P
C. C. Fisher
Leslie Niday
Silas Hamilton
W. M. Barr
James Baldwin
Herbert Gilkey
Fred de Wees
Everett Bostic
Philathea Group Holds Meeting at Church of Christ
The Philathea Society of the Church of Christ in Middleport met with Mrs. George Childs presiding after the week of prayer services. Mrs. Fred I. Gardner led the prayer, with scripture by Mrs. Minnie Gilmore. Reports included the fruit cake sale and Christmas candles sent to Meigs General Hospital. Guests were Mr. Gardner and Mrs. Ron Springer of Pomeroy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middleport
Church of Christ
Philathea Society
George Childs
Fred I. Gardner
Minnie Gilmore
Pomeroy
Racine
CES
Ada Nease
Arthur Nease
Nease
Louise Chapman
White Cross Hospital
W. G. McKelvey
Meigs General Hospital
Post Officers Club
Bernice Carpenter
Martin
Carpenter
Ruth Barnitz
Fern Gilmore
Youth Fellowship Meeting Set by Racine Parish
The Youth Fellowship of the Racine Parish Methodist Church will meet at 8 p.m. Saturday January 11 at the Portland Methodist Church.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pomeroy
Racine
Methodist Church
Portland Methodist Church
Homer W Might 67 dies after week in hospital
Homer W Might 67 of Brownell Avenue died Thursday at Meigs General Hospital after a week as a patient. Survived by three daughters Virginia Easter Maxine Little and Emogene Bartels six grandchildren and sister Dana Ables of Pomeroy. Funeral services at 2 p.m. Saturday at Rawlings Coats funeral home conducted by Pastor Fred I Gardner with burial in Riverview cemetery.
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Middleport
Homer W. Might
Brownell Ave
Meigs General Hospital
Virginia Easter
Maxine Little
Galion
Emogene Bartels
Youngstown
Dana Ables
Pomeroy
Might
Middleport Church of Christ
Modern Woodmen of America
The
Heath Methodist Church Board to Meet Sunday Evening
Middleport report says the Heath Methodist Church official board will meet at 7 30 Sunday evening at the church to discuss church affairs and plans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middleport
The
Heath Methodist Church
20 Farmers Attend Meet At Letart Falls
POMEROY Howard Nolan vocational agricultural instructor reports more than 20 farmers attended a meeting on vegetable growing at the Letart Falls Grade School. Eugene Wittmyre extension vegetable specialist Ohio State University discussed minor elements in vegetable production. C E Blakeslee county agent spoke on pesticides. Next meeting set for Jan 13 at 8 p.m. Racine High School Building with Ernest Bond American Cyanamid discussing antibiotics in livestock feeding.
Cemetery Fund Receives $100 Contribution in Middleport
Gravel Hill Cemetery perpetual care fund gains a $100 gift as trustees meet in Cheshire. A contributor is Mrs. Roger Kittle executrix of Mrs. Frank McCoy estate. A bulletin board for notices is being crafted by Ryger Creek School industrial arts students with materials supplied by the trustees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middleport
Gravel Hill
Cheshire
Roger Kittle
Glouster
Frank McCoy
Ryger Creek School
Second Man Announces Candidacy for County Commissioner
POMEROY Clair Karr a Pomeroy barber and long time council member filed as a Republican for county commissioner in the May 6 primary. He has served 37 years as a barber in Pomeroy and three terms on the town council, including a presidency, with ties to former mayors and local officials. He lives on Spring Avenue with his wife Marguerite and their daughter Martha Jane Williams and foster son Tommy Reuter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pomeroy
Clair Karr
Karr
Malcom Hartley
George Howell
Delmar A. Canaday
Lynn St
Marguerite Duerr
Martha Jane Williams
Tommy Reuter
Two Prisoners Recaptured Near Rutland
Meigs County Sheriff reports two jail escapees recaptured near Rutland after a statewide alert. Carl Plantz, 33, of Cheshire, was caught at a strip mine by Pomeroy officers Jed Webster Jr. and Ray Evans Jr. Richard Spencer was arrested in a Route 143 automobile near Rutland by Deputy Sheriff Howard Frank. Both had escaped by tampering with locks and remain charged. Plantz faces assault with intent to rape while Spencer is charged with larceny and fraud.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pomeroy
Meigs County
Robert C. Hartenbach
Carl Plantz
Cheshire
Rutland
Jed Webster, Jr
Ray Evans Jr
Richard Spencer
Route 143
Howard Frank
Hartenbach
Plantz
Grand
Pomeroy Circle Names Committees At Social
Federated Circle met in Pomeroy with Mrs. Lena Huber leading devotions and Mrs. William Baxter presiding. Committees named include Flower Mrs Lester Fauber Sick Mrs Carl Shields Mrs G O Schmoll Mrs R L Finsterwald Miss Lena Grueser Membership group led by Mrs Lewis Reibel Miss Margarette Meier and Mrs Georgia Williamson pianist Mrs Ben Neutzling and card project led by Mrs Norman Klees. Open meeting plans include hosting Guild July 23 and Lions Club luncheon duties May and June with chairwoman Mrs Lena Huber.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Waldo Bartels
Norman Klees
Lewis Reibel
Meigs County Churches United Methodist and More
A compact notice lists active worship times across Meigs County churches including United Methodist Eugene Brown pastor with Sunday School 9 15 a m Worship 10 30 a m subject Redemption MYF and WSCS details plus First Baptist East Main Pomeroy led by Ralph C Zundel with combined worship study 9 30 11 00 a m and special music by Danny Thompson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Methodist
Eugene Brown
Richard Bauer
Meigs County
First Baptist
East Main St
Pomeroy
Ralph C. Zundel
Danny Thompson
Church Council
The
Salvation Army
C. C
Helen Haning
Bob Estep
Alfred Methodist
R. M. Grove
Elmwood
MYF
Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints
Laurel Cliff
Free Methodist Youth Meeting
Hysell Run
Lauren Cliff
Free Methodist
Cosa
Richard Young
Racine Farger
the Methodist Church
John Elwood
Floyd Workman
Arlie Marks
Freelana Norris
Bill Orr
Victor Brown
Oak Grove
Sutton
Antiquity
Letart Falls
Apple Grove
Portland
Pomeroy OES Plans District 25 School of Instruction
Pomeroy Chapter OES met to finalize plans for the District 25 school of instruction to be held at the Pomeroy Masonic Temple on Friday January 17. The event opens at 10 am with a dinner at 11:30 am and reservations are due by January 13.
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Pomeroy
OES
District 25 School of Instruction
Pomeroy Masonic Temple
Marie Curd
Harry P. Smith
School of Instruction
United Methodist and Federated Churches
Lula Nease
Edna Schoenleb
Marie Custer
Ella Bryant
Lucille Swackhamer
Nellie Brown
Meigs General Hospital Notes Discharges Two Patients
John Edwards of Middleport and Mrs. Mary Hilleary of Cumberland Maryland were discharged from Meigs General Hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Edwards
Middleport
Mary Hilleary
Cumberland, Md
Farmers Seek Ways to Raise Income Discussion Topic
Farm Bureau Council 3 A met at the Pickens home to discuss How Can Farmers Increase Their Income. Harry Guthrie presided and Warren Pickens led the discussion segment with assistance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pomeroy
Farm Bureau Council 3-A
Warren Pickens
Harry Guthrie
Middleport Churches Share Service Schedule and Meetings
The list details weekly times for Heath Methodist-Raymon Konkright and Pentecostal-B. L. Barrett churches, Church of Christ led by Fred I. Gardner, First Baptist under Rev. Warren M. Holbert, Middleport First Presbyterian with Howard Ruppelt, and Syracuse First Presbyterian with Ruppelt. It notes Bible schools, Sunday services, evening worship, midweek programs, and annual congregational meetings including 1957 reports and officer elections.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gene Rutter
Christian Endeavor
Syracuse
Dorcas Eub
Richard Young
Jehovahs Witnesses
Cherry and Main—Watchtower
Raymond Hummell
Carmel
Zion Church of Christ
Ronnie Eggleton
Rutland
First Baptist
NYPS
Rutland Church of the Nazarene
Harold Klinger
Apple Grove
Tuppers Plains
Freeland Norris
Bethel
Seventh-Day Adventist
Butternutt St
Dav Hall
St. Paul’s Lutheran
L. M. Mohrhoff
St. John’s Lutheran
Heath Methodist
Raymon Konkright
B. L. Barrett
Church of Christ
Fred I. Gardner
Warren M. Holbert
The
Baptist Temple
Youngstown
Ralph C. Zandel
Middleport First Presbyterian
Howard Ruppelt
Tusday
Swisher Gillogly Wedding in Richmond Indiana
Mr and Mrs John Swisher of Vinton announce the marriage of their daughter Dorothy Evelyn Swisher to Harold Gillogly son of Mr and Mrs Fern Gillogly of Carpenter. The couple wed December 28 at Reed's Presbyterian Church in Richmond Indiana with Rev R B McDonald officiating. The bride works in the John Deere Plow Co Columbus office and the groom farms with his father.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carpenter
John Swisher
Vinton
Dorothy Evelyn Swisher
Harold Gillogly
Fern Gillogly
R. B. McDonald
Reed’s Presbyterian Church
Richmond
Ind
John Deere Plow Co
Columbus
License Issued for Meigs County Wedlock
A license to wed was issued in Meigs County Probate Court to Lawrence Scarborough, 20, a farmer from Racine son of Winfred and Roxie Scarborough, and Lillian Ransom, 20, of Letart Falls daughter of Everett and Gertrude Proctor Ransom.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pomeroy
Meigs County
Lawrence Scarbrough
Farmer
Racine
Winfred
Roxie Jones Scarbrough
Lillian Ransom
Letart
N. D. Borden Speaks At Prayer Service
The Rev. N. D. Borden of Mt. Moriah Baptist Church spoke on The Psychology of Prayer at the Thursday week of prayer service hosted by the Church of Christ in Middleport. The event featured opening prayer by Rev. C. E. Hoyt and responsive reading by Rev. Ruppelt, with benediction from Fred I. Gardner and music by Nazarene children with Virginia Grogan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middleport
N. D. Borden
Mt. Moriah Baptist Church
Church of Christ
Robert Palmer
C. E. Hoyt
Ruppelt
Fred I. Gardner
Church of the Nazarene
Virginia Grogan
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Pomeroy National Bank
Federal Reserve System
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
Homer Micht
St. Petersburg
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Clarence Sheets
Harrisonville
Sheets
Board of Commissioners
Spencer
Pomeroy Social Notes
Georgia Williamson
Harry Canterbury
Meigs County Church Services
Hotel Martin
Bendvue Theatre
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Zenith
TV Sales & Service
Middleport Churches
Swisher-Gillogly
Rod Cameron
Vera Ralston
Ray Collins
Hilary Brooke
Red Skelton
Janet Blair
Vivian Blaine
Liberty
Firemaiden
Outer Space
Tony Dexter
Susan Shaw
Paul Carpenter
James Cagney
Humphrey Bogart
Rosemary Lane
Columbia Comedy
Pomeroy Bend Theatres
John Wayne
Janet Leigh
U.S. Air Force
Temple
Keith Larsen
Jim Davis
Rudolfo Acosta
Damian O'Flynn
Robert Ivers
Georgann Johnson
William Bishop
Joanne Woodard
Sheree North
Tony Randall
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